The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-11-09
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Asia, hasAba9h destroyed by tire and half
its inhabitants burnedto DEATH. ~
Prof5F. w. Putnam, Of the Peabody MI
scum, Cambridge Mass, has had the Great
Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio,
fenced.
1t is reported that political combinations
in Mexico have been effected to render the
reelection Of President Diaz almost GER
tainty, and that his Cabinet will remain
substantially unchanged. .-s,'s4, .-s.rr
1t has been found that the package which
exploded in the Adams express Office at
Boston, the other evening, contained select
rio primers" shipped by the Forcite Pow
der Company. Why it should have ex.
plodcd is still mystery.
Frank Credcford, or Crawford, said to
have been the husband Of the woman MUIR
dered at Railway, N. j., some weeks ago,
was arrested at Philadelphia the other day.
The officials refuse all information. The
man has been working in wooden mill
The American Humane Society, which
met at Rochester, N. Y, last week, ad-
journed to meet at Toronto, Ont. the first
Wednesday after the 2Oth Of September
1885, John e. Shortall, of Chicago, was
appointed chairman OF the executive com.
mittee.
A new departure has been made in the
flour export trade of Montreal. The bark
Jane Kilgour, which is now loading, will
be the first vessel that has ever taken
cargo Of -four from there. She will carry
about6,00O sacks Of Manitoba strong bakers
-four to Dundee, Scotland.
Horace Webster Il Co.. wholesale liquor
dealers, OF New York, Philadelphia and
Chicago, filed schedules in New York the
other day showing liabilities OF sos, 731 and
assets Of 100000
George Buers, clerk in q store at Akron,
o., rose from his bed the other night to
take some medicine, and by mistake drank
from bottle OF horse liniment, and died
a few hours afterwards, in great agony.
The Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta, Ca,
nettcd cash profit Of $4,000, besides pay
ing over $4,000 for the buildings and
grounds. This success has caused q plan
to be started for Worlds Fair there in
1889 @
quilted OF the murder of Christopher Glib
bon, who died from the effects Of a fall
from the steps Of saloon, whence Drake
had elected him. The defense set up was
that Gibbon was drunk, and that his fall
was not caused by Drake.
The resolution offered some time ago to
forfeit the $4,000 bond of the Baltimore Il
Ohio Telegraph Company, given asa guar
antee against its merging with any other
company, came up in the law committee Of
the Philadelphia councils the other day. 1t
appeared that no proof had yet been pre-.
pared that consolidation had taken place.
1t was agreed that all the parties concerned
should be subpenaed to appear at the next
meeting of the committee The bond is
signed by George French and Robert Gar
rett.
The Tammany and County Democracy
conference Of New Y ork city, have placed
the following ticket in nomination.: For
Judges Of the Supreme Court, Abram r.
Lawrence and Morgan j. O'Brien. Judge OF
General Sessions. Randolph j. MARITIME;
| Surrogate, Rastus S. Ransom; Comptroller,
| Theodore w. Myer; District Attorney,
John r. Fellows; President of,he Board OF
Aldermen, George II. Foster; Coroner, NJ.
j. v. Mcssemer; Judges Of City Court, H.
P. MCGOWAN and William +. Pitschke.
| The project Of English capitalists to
manufacture fine paper from uactus fibre in
| Los Angeles County, Cal, has resulted dis
| astrously. Several thousand acres of rail
| road land were purchased by the corporation
and the projectwas begun on agrand scale
The War Department is informed tina,
| General Sheridan, utter studying the In
! dian situation, has concluded that the re
| voting Crows in Montana can be peace
| fully captured BY sufficient force. and has
ordered General Ruger to proceed with
troops to make the arrest.
| Arrangements are being made for {
weeks festivities at Austin, Tex, in May
| 1888, to celebrate the completion of the new
Stale House, the largest structure Of The
kind in the country, outside OF Washing
ton. Distinguished citizens from all the
States and from Mexico will be invited.
| General Manager Hutchinson, Of the
Southern Pacific railroad, has elegraphed
| Division Superintendent Lindburg, of E
Paso, Tex, that the railroad company vii
pay Express Messenger Smith, who kileC
hetwo train robbers week ago, $500 fol-
| each robber, which is double the standing
offer OF the company. This insures Smith
| total of at least 5000 in rewards. r., II.
+ Charles Ii. Piummer, wealthy lumber.
man OF East Saginaw, Mich, offers to give
to each of tine families cf the police officers
murdered at the Haymarket Square riot II
Chicago, forty acres of good farming land
conditioned only on their occupying the
same, and will also give each family enough
lumber to build house thereon.
T. California Democrats are energeticall.
perfectieg arrangements to secure the mex
| Fnr Go,
Francisco. 1t is proposed to pay all the
expenses Of the convention, for which pur
pose guarantee fund OF S250OO will b.
raised, and the railroad companies will b.
asked to make material reduction Of fare
TO that city to those intending to attend
either as delegates or visitors.
The Commissioner OF Patents has rem
dered n decision to the effect that an appli
cant cannot embrace in one and the sam
application for letters patent more than on
distinct and separate invention. The cas-
decided is one in which the applicant sough
to patent both the machine and the process
for separating garlic from wheat. The com
missioner holds that in order to be patente,
the process must not be merely the result
OF the operation OF the machine, but mus
have an existence Independent Of the ma
chine. This has been long disputed ques
ton.
Dewitt Clinton Lawrence an aged an,
wealthy member OF the New York Stoc
Exchange, has been declared insane b.
specialists A medical commission was up
pointed by Supreme Court Judge Donohu
to inquire into his condition.
The issue Of standard silver dollars fror
the mints during the week ended Octobe
g was $685. The issue during the cor
responding perion of last year was 81, 0OS
SCI. The shipments Of fractional silver col,
since the LIST inst. amounted to sT51.065.